Drum Table Trash to Treasure
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Robin @ Redo It Yourself Inspirations
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Curbside trash renewed.
This old, once a beauty, was sitting at the curb. I ain't shy... so I snagged it up. Once home, I discovered why. Obviously the original front and drawer are gone and replaced with a repurposed one... and ...
cobbed.
The framework needed to be repaired first.
So I took it all apart.
Then put "Humpty Dumpty" back together again. With wood filler and glue.
Scraping, soaking, sanding... so frustrating! The belt sander gave up too... I wondered what I was thinking when I wanted to salvage the original top. I even thought this table just wasn't worth any more effort. Two long days of work and little progress on the top, I replaced the repaired frame piece on the front of the table. With glue and clamps in place, I still wanted to keep the original top without modifying the frame in any way. After all, a drum table is meant to be round.
I added a drawer support that was missing.
It is going to painted anyway. So floor leveler will fill the the whole thing. And that's what I did. And sanded some more. Then painted primer on the top.
Sanding the entire table: Top, sides, legs and drawer made it paint ready. I used flat white paint with a few drops of brown and black paints to tone down the bright white. The paint coverage was exceptionally nice. I dry brushed the embossed areas and wet painted the other areas.
Then I went back to the table top with a design in mind to complement the column looking legs.
Repeating the one design all around the table and allowing the brush strokes to show was the look I was trying to achieve.
To line the drawer, I used this velvet fabric.
It was worth the work after all.
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Published October 29th, 2014 6:32 PM
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